Descriptions

As the price of broadband access service becomes more affordable, the number of
homes with WiFi and public WiFi hotspots in the US are projected to increase significantly in the next few years. However, limited capacity of existing WiFi networks fail to
provide adequate bandwidth for densely populated areas. Therefore, in this thesis, we
describe WiFO, a novel communication system that integrates free space optical communication and WiFi technologies to provide an order of magnitude improvement in
wireless capacity. Specifically, the thesis will focus on the mobility protocols and novel
modulation and channel estimation techniques in order to provide high bit rates and
large coverage.